I love open-minded people and their "why not?" attitude and the things they can accomplish.

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"Your" and "you're" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one."They're", "their", and "there" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one."Fare" and "fair" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one. The proper expression is "moot point", NOT "mute point".

Left Handed Brisket wrote in post #18610186The story continues, CBS took the American dude to Africa to meet the photog. Need to find me a link to it, unless someone beats me to it.

.That part of the story was included in the link that you gave us before.

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"Your" and "you're" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one."They're", "their", and "there" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one."Fare" and "fair" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one. The proper expression is "moot point", NOT "mute point".

Obviously a scam. To me, the English language in the text, while grammaticaly sound, isn't the way an American or even one of us Brits (and Aussies) would sound. For example, I'd use Mum instead of mother, Americans would say Mom. Asians, Filipinos and Africans would use mother. It has a very foreign feel to it. Good English, but just like the camera, there's something not quite right.

Colin Glover wrote in post #18610323To me, the English language in the text, while grammaticaly sound, isn't the way an American or even one of us Brits (and Aussies) would sound. For example, I'd use Mum instead of mother, Americans would say Mom.

I beg to differ about Americans' writing. If I write about my mother or someone else's, or even a mother cat, I say "mother." I'm American. "Mom" is more recent and informal, often seen in headlines because it's short. Americans' styles vary. The errors in the text, such as missing apostrophes, are typical of U.S. writers who aren't trying to write well or don't know how.

Ok. So searched ebay.com and it wasn't there. Did find a broken 5D iv for $1000. You must be right about the fake website. I imagine something like www.fake.ebay.com/phan​tomcanoneos5Dmarkiv lol. But seriously, I'm guessing that if this was posted a couple of days ago, and HAD been genuine, then I'm sure first to contact would have bought. And Tom would have gotten a "Sorry but it's sold" text back. There's a UK Photography Equipment For Sale group on Facebook. Posters putting up the item for sale have to put a piece of paper with their name on to 'Prove' ownership. Not exactly foolproof, but it stops people from taking a stock photo of whatever is being sold, either an outright scam with no goods, or from selling a well worn item. Both Craigslist and Fleabay, could easily implement such a procedure. BTW, follow the made up link above and you get the real eBay.

OhLook wrote in post #18610351I beg to differ about Americans' writing. If I write about my mother or someone else's, or even a mother cat, I say "mother." I'm American. "Mom" is more recent and informal, often seen in headlines because it's short. Americans' styles vary. The errors in the text, such as missing apostrophes, are typical of U.S. writers who aren't trying to write well or don't know how.

Yes ... there's a whole lot of different varieties of 'American'. Far from the stereotypical 'all' are illiterate! And more than a few of the finest writers in modern English have been American ... Steinbeck, Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Vonnegut, Tartt, Heller, Miller, Kerouac, Faulkner, Plath are some of my own favourites (whoops ... are any of those still actually 'modern'?).

I'm very happy to be British and I think we have a whole lot going for us. But we do have a tendency to get a bit too far 'up ourselves' when it comes to celebrating our supposed superior command of the English language.

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